Progress against the field
Between Utrecht 2025 and Rotterdam 2026, Niels de Kruijf kept pace with the field.
The clock says 5:44 faster, but the races themselves got 5:47 quicker for everyone.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
6 races · 6 events
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Rotterdam15 Apr 2026Individual Open · Men1:18:18151/570Beat 74%
↑ 20 days after Mechelen 2026 0:06 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 0:27 slower on the clock, against 0:21 slower for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →0:21 slower This athlete0:27 slower -
Mechelen26 Mar 2026Individual Open · Men1:17:51 PB214/561Beat 62%
↑ 118 days after Utrecht 2025 0:03 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
Moved with the field: 6:11 faster on the clock, against 6:08 faster for everyone.
The fieldCompare these two →6:08 faster This athlete6:11 faster -
Utrecht28 Nov 2025Individual Open · Men1:24:02214/575Beat 63%
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Heerenveen9 May 2025Doubles Open · Men1:09:32 PB79/309Beat 74%
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Rotterdam20 May 2023Doubles Open · Men1:15:40112/249Beat 55%
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Amsterdam22 Oct 2022Doubles Open · Men1:27:06172/197Beat 13%